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Distributed by:
20th Century Fox Film Corporation, American, founded 1935  Search this
Subject of:
Darryl F. Zanuck, American, 1902 - 1979  Search this
Jeanne Crain, American, 1925 - 2003  Search this
Ethel Barrymore, American, 1879 - 1959  Search this
Ethel Waters, American, 1896 - 1977  Search this
William Lundigan, American, 1914 - 1975  Search this
Darryl F. Zanuck, American, 1902 - 1979  Search this
Elia Kazan, Greek American, 1909 - 2003  Search this
Philip Dunne, American, 1908 - 1992  Search this
Dudley Nichols, American, 1895 - 1960  Search this
Cid Ricketts Sumner, American, 1890 - 1970  Search this
National Screen Service, American, 1920 - 2000  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Type:
lobby cards
Place used:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1949
Description:
Lobby card for Pinky.
The center of the card has an image of a woman, Jeanne Crain, wearing a yellow dress against a triangular black background. Across this image is [Pinky] in large white script font with the dot of the 'i' colored pink. To the left is a triangular shaped black and white film still from the movie of Crain with William Lundigan. At right are three smaller, diamond-shaped color film stills arranged in a vertical column. From top to bottom, the stills depict Crain with Lundigan, Crain with Ethel Waters, and Crain with Ethel Barrymore. Red text over yellow bands next to the images read [ONE LOVED HER... / ONE WARNED HER... / ONE TAUNTED HER...]. Across the bottom of the card is the cast information. At the very bottom left in small blue text is a licensing note from National Screen Service Corp. and a copyright notice: [Copyright 1949 - 20th Century Fox Film Corp.].
On the back of the card there is handwritten text in the top left corner. The graphite writing reads [PINKY] with an underline. To the right it reads [(20TH / CENT /FOX / 1949)]. Below the underline it reads [Bx / 35 / JEANNE / CRAIN]. There are some small tears and marks, as well as worn corners. There is a blue stamp in the bottom left corner which reads [12 OCT 27 49].
Topic:
African American  Search this
Actors  Search this
Film  Search this
Race films  Search this
Race relations  Search this
U.S. History, 1945-1953  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number:
2013.118.132.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Collection title:
A Cinema Apart: African American Film Memorabilia (Larry Richards Collection)
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera-Advertisements
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd56404d8e0-6d60-4c01-8411-8cc3067599c8
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.118.132.1